Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:
>    This command that accepts the -f option is *not* the GNU hostname
>    command.
> 
> There is a small confusion, there are two versions of GNU hostname.
> One that supports -f (GNU Inetutils hostname), and one that doesn't
> (GNU Coreutils hostname).  The one in coreutils is not installed by
> default.  Maybe we should remove the one in coreutils?

Oh!  I didn't know that.  I was careful to say GNU Coreutils hostname
after that to differentiate from GNU Inetutils hostname.  Thanks for
the information.

Having two GNU hostname commands is confusing.

Bob


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